When Li Zhen reported in sweat, he said a few more words in a daze, and was probably a bit extra, Lei Yuan laughed.
Lei Yuan also studied hard in his previous life. Even though he was away from Fangcun's desk later, he still remembered to learn this truth: internal reasons are the fundamental reason for the development of things, external causes are the second reason for the development of things. External causes are the conditions for change, internal causes are the basis for change, and external causes work through internal causes.
When he was a student, Lei Yuan only knew how to recite it in a hurry. After entering society after becoming an adult, he realized that this truth was truly a gem. When he read history, he sometimes did not understand why some seemingly crude strategies could play an extremely critical role. If you think about it carefully, you will know that it was not the strategy itself that worked, but the planners could see the key to the situation, follow the flow and follow the trend.
At this moment, Cao Cao called a "crawling enemy" like Ma Chao, and he was definitely not a brave and unscrupulous man. Lei Yuan set up such a trap for Dong Zhong, and could he really hide it from Ma Chao?
In fact, not only may they not be able to hide from Ma Chao, but they may not be able to hide from those Di kings and even the generals around Ma Chao. But what if they see it is a strategy?
Aren’t Ma Teng and Ma Chao and Han Sui planning to break up and get together? Wasn’t Ma Chao framed by his firm allies under Chang'an City? Was Ma Chao backhanded to kill Zhang Wei who rescued him? On his way to Brazil, wasn’t he semi-forced to deprive the command of nearly a thousand elite cavalry in the hands of the Di King?
In this case, why should the Di kings be so convinced by Ma Chao? When Ma Chao was strong, they obeyed because they feared the strong. Now? When this strong man has shown his weak side, the so-called obedience is just a kind of inertia.
To destroy this inertia, it only takes a small opportunity. It is like a chariot running wildly, even if it is terrifying, if it wants to overturn it, you just need to put a small stone where the wheel passes.
This stone has been thrown by Lei Yuan. Although the methods are indeed a bit rough, they are placed right where the wheel must pass.
Now, if the Di kings say that they have no grudges, are willing to sacrifice their lives for Ma Chao, and are willing to shed all the blood of the Di people to serve Ma Chao... Does Ma Chao believe it? If Ma Chao says that he has no grudges, are willing to treat the Di kings as powerful as their own strength, even if they suffer losses, they must guarantee the interests of the Di kings...Does Di kings believe it?
They would not believe it. Because in modern times, most of the Liangzhou military people have been like this. They are in vain and are not afraid of invading and annexing each other. In the past few decades, the betrayals and betrayals in the Qiang and Hu army have proved that this is simply something engraved in their bones.
Since that's the case? How can they do their best on the battlefield?
They absolutely cannot do it. Even if their troops have the advantage and seem to be coming in a fierce manner, but as long as the battle goes to a certain level, they will definitely be shaken. Lei Yuan firmly believes in this.
"Hanzhang? Don't worry!" He said to Li Zhen: "You'll take this trip, it's enough!"
He waved Li Zhen to retreat, and Lei Yuan looked back and saw that his soldiers had left the mountains and entered the plains. They stopped in a staggered manner based on the army and battalions. Feng Xi, Li Yi, Shamoke, Guo Jing, Ding Feng, Lei Cheng, Ren Hui and other generals all surrounded him, waiting for the general order.
Lei Yuan smiled at them, full of confidence.
In the past few months, under the banner of traveling around, he had already known the surrounding terrain. He knew that the shallow that the whole army had just waded through was called Qingyandu? He was in the southeast corner of this small plain.
The plain is surrounded by mountains, and the Dangqu water flows into the northwest corner and flows through the north and east sides of the plain; Hanchang City is located in the west of the center of the plain, and there are undeveloped wetlands on the west and south sides of the city. It is difficult to deploy large brigade forces; and the eastern end of the plain, the Dangqu water flows into the canal spread in summer, forming a river bay with winding channels and densely reeds, and there is a highland south of the river bay.
The area suitable for the two armies to fight in formation is between the river berth and the city. It is a wilderness with roughly open terrain and hard land, and occasionally some shrubs and thorns.
"Li Qi! You go and order the middle of Hanchang City to support your troops, and keep it still. You will not act rashly without my order."
Li Qi led several cavalry and ran out. At this moment, the offensive of Ma Chao's troops against Hanchang City had stopped, and infantry teams continued to withdraw from the rear of the city and return to their own formation. As long as Li Qi took a little detour, it would not be difficult to contact the defenders in the city.
"Feng Xi! Take your headquarters and climb to the high ground to form a formation to defend!"
"Abide by the order!" Feng Xi led his five hundred subordinates to detour outside the road and headed towards the high ground on his right. He is an experienced veteran. The more he faces a big battle, the more calm he becomes. The soldiers under his subordinates are affected by him, and their actions are orderly. They are more stable than other departments and are suitable for taking on defensive responsibilities.
At this time, if you look down from the air, you can see that the nearly 10,000 troops under Ma Chao's troops are like a huge squid with gradually shrinking his wrist foot, constantly changing his posture and slowly adjusting his queue.
However, the Qiang and Hu cavalry were already impatiently dispatched. They appeared from both sides of the huge queue on the opposite side, and the cavalry teams approached with a loose lineup. As they marched, they were rolling smoke and huge shouts, which made them look like a flood, as if they could easily destroy the tight lineup of the Lei family army on the opposite side.
These are indeed strong enemies, but they are not worth panic about it. Lei Yuan was even too lazy to look at them more.
He turned around and looked at the general's flag flying in the wind, and said in a deep voice: "The other departments should set up a formation of Lianheng with this flag as the center, facing south and north."
"Carry a formation of Lianheng with the general's banner as the center, and from the south to the north!"
"Carry a formation of Lianheng with the general's banner as the center, and from the south to the north!"
The Central Army waving the flag, and the commander soldiers rode their horses back and forth, and issued orders to the entire army.
Five thousand and five hundred soldiers immediately formed an array.
In the past, the so-called elites gathered by the Huainan masters were actually just the best selected among the mobs. They may have some praise for their personal bravery, but their military discipline is loose and their fighting will fluctuate. As long as the scale of the combat exceeds a hundred people, their command, cooperation and coordination will be infinitely close to zero.
This is the result of the Haoba family having no ambitions and relying on mountain dangers for many years. Even if their troops have many old soldiers with rich war experience, they will inevitably degenerate if they hide in the deep mountains for too long.
But in Lei Yuan's hands, the Lei family of Lujiang has basically escaped this state. Since he arrived in Jingzhou, more than a year has passed. Even though he has not yet transformed his soldiers, he has at least been completely renewed.
Lei Yuan only has two core requirements for the soldiers:
First, it is absolute obedience to military orders.
Since you are in the military camp, you have no self or personal thoughts. If your superiors want you to advance, you can retreat, if you want you to retreat, if you want you to live, if you want you to die, you have to die.
Second, it is the proficiency of various combat regulations.
All the use of various weapons, maintenance tips, cooperation between various types of enemies, response methods of various types of enemies, different rhythms of golden drums, and various colors of flags represent different meanings... Master all these and be familiar with them, so that they can kill and protect themselves on the battlefield. When the force expands to a certain extent, you also need to be proficient in applying various formations. In addition to the most basic formations such as square, round, cone, geese, hook, Xuanxiang, etc., there are also special formations for different terrain, different types of troops, and different combat purposes.
Lei Yuan has full confidence in his organization, even if he has mixed a considerable number of new recruits in the organization recently. The method of using troops is to teach and be cautious first. Veterans and the battlefield are the two best teachers of new recruits.
Chapter completed!